CPT code 11301: Shave lesion, trunk or limb, 0.6–1.0 cm2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Minnesota

In Minnesota, Medicare pays $116.79 for 11301 in the office and $40.15 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 11301 covers

This service removes a skin lesion by shaving across its surface rather than excising it through the full thickness of the skin. Dermatologists commonly perform it in an office for a raised lesion on the trunk, arm, or leg when shave removal is the intended treatment or diagnostic approach. The code’s site group excludes lesions on the scalp, neck, hands, feet, genitalia, face, ears, eyelids, nose, and lips, which have separate code families.

Select the code using the lesion’s documented diameter and anatomic site. The record should identify the site, size, and reason for removal, and support that a shave technique was performed. This is a minor procedure with a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Minnesota compares for 11301

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 11301 runs from $103.07 in Arkansas to $155.43 in San Benito County, CA. Minnesota pays $116.79. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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11301 rates by state

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How the 11301 rate is calculated

Each of 11301’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 11301

The CMS indicators that decide how 11301 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 11301

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 11301 has changed in Minnesota

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Where the Minnesota rate applies

Minnesota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 916 cities and communities in Minnesota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ada
• Adams
• Adrian
• Afton
• Aitkin
• Akeley
• Albany
• Albert Lea

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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